Login

Or Register

Literary Names for Girls

These literary baby names for girls are derived from characters in books from all genres and periods. Here, a list of the most distinctive literary baby names for girls. In the literary baby names category, as always, feel free to think about your own personal favorites.

Please Register or Login

We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Tamora. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

Exotic name associated both with a queenly character who meets a very grisly end in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus and popular teen fantasy novelist Tamora Pierce. Shakespearean puns in the name i... Read More

Please Register or Login

We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Tamsin. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

Tamsin is an offbeat name occasionally heard in Britain and just waiting to be discovered here. U.K. actress Tamsin Greig is a star of the show Episodes , Tamsin Olivier is the daughter of Joan Plo... Read More

Please Register or Login

We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Temple. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

The old word name Temple has gained some recent notice as a girls' name via admired autistic writer and inventor Dr. Temple Grandin (born Mary Temple), subject of an acclaimed biopic, in which she ... Read More

Popular Lists

Please Register or Login

We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Velvet. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

Velvet is a name that couldn't possibly be softer or more luxuriant. Many people have fond memories of it via the character of Velvet Brown, played by the young Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet ... Read More

Please Register or Login

We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Verena. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

Verena is pleasant but old-fashioned. Whether that's the outdated kind of old-fashioned or the so-out-it's-in-again kind is your call.
St. Verena was a third century nurse; Verena Tarrant is a b... Read More